CALL Articles

CALL News

CALL reviews

Teaching with Technology

TESOL Events

Home » CALL reviews

2009 CALL software review-Installation

Submitted by rachid on Tuesday, 12 May 2009No Comment
2009 CALL software review-Installation

WhiteSmoke

System Requirements:

According to the developer, WhiteSmoke is compatible with Microsoft 2000, Microsoft XP and Vista.  For this review, however, WhiteSmoke was only tested on machines running Microsoft 2000 and Microsoft XP.

The program installed fast and without any problems. Once installation is complete, a small WhiteSmoke icon shows up on the right side of the taskbar. WhiteSmoke will automatically load each time you start your computer.

CPU Load: minimal

Lessons For Life- Practical English Grammar Set

System Requirements:

Windows Operating System: Intel Pentium/Celeron/AMD/Similar
233Hz or faster, Windows Vista, XP, ME, 2000, 98 or NT4, 16 MB RAM;
1024×768 resolution; 2xDVD-ROM drive; 16-bit Windows compatible
sound card; 100MB free hard disk space

Lessons For Life is an interactive CD that doesn’t require installation. The software runs on Quicktime, so you need the Quicktime player installed on your system.

CPU Load: minimal

WordSmart-Accelerated Reading and Comprehension Program

WordSmart is compatible with MAC and Windows.  Installation on a Windows 200 machine was fast.  No problems were encountered during the installation process.

CPU Load: minimal

Tell Me More

System Requirements:

PC or Compatible Celeron® 333 MHz or equivalent, Windows® 95*, 98,
NT4*, Millennium, 2000, XP or Vista 32/64 bits, 64 MB RAM (128 MB for NT4, Millennium, 2000, and XP
70 MB available on hard disk,
8X CD-ROM drive or better
16-bit Windows®-compatible sound card
16-bit graphics card
(800 x 600 with 65,536 colors or higher)
headset or speakers and microphone.

Tell Me More is built on Flash, so the Adobe Flash player is required to run to program. The program installed fast and without any problems

CPU Load: minimal

Part III: Usage: a look into functionality and learning tools.

Popularity: 54% [?]

Related articles

Leave your response!

Add your comment below, or trackback from your own site. You can also subscribe to these comments via RSS.

Be nice. Keep it clean. Stay on topic. No spam.

You can use these tags:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

This is a Gravatar-enabled weblog. To get your own globally-recognized-avatar, please register at Gravatar.

Spam Protection by WP-SpamFree